War Horse, Michael Morpurgo
War Horse, Michael Morpurgo
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War Horse

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Full Cast, Timothy Spall

Unabridged: 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/03/2013

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

This production - adapted by John Tams and Sally Ward at the behest of the author - is a moving tale of a boy's extraordinary bond with his horse during World War One. The story of a farm horse sold from Devon into the mire, wire and machine guns of the Great War of 1914-1918 brings together a stellar cast, including Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn and Bob Hoskins, with music and songs from some of the UK's finest folk musicians. This drama was directed by John Tams, who was nominated for an Olivier Award for his work on the phenomenally successful War Horse stage epic at the National Theatre ('the theatrical event of the decade' - Times) and which also inspired the Steven Spielberg film. 'Sublime' - Michael Morpurgo, on hearing this completed drama.

About Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on June 26, 2024

In the tradition of National Velvet and Black Beauty, War Horse is a moving tale of a horse and a time. The horse is Joey. The time is World War One. After bonding with thirteen-year-old Albert at the family farm, Joey is sold to the Army by Albert’s struggling dad. And so the adventure and a series......more

Goodreads review by Baba on August 17, 2022

Runner-Up Whitbread Book Award 1982. Now this is also an acclaimed play and a great film, this a remarkable book, looking at war through a lens that one wouldn't even consider a possibility, from a non-human perspective! ...and it works so well! This story is taken from the viewpoint of a horse that......more

Goodreads review by Leonard on May 29, 2020

War Horse is one of the best-known children’s novels by Michael Morpurgo. And it is an enormously poignant little book. As the title suggests, it is the odyssey of a horse, Joey, brought from Devon across the English Channel and into France and the hell of the Great War, both through the English and......more

Goodreads review by Mario on April 11, 2015

If somebody told me that book written in horse's POV would be this emotional, I wouldn't have believed it. From page one, I knew that this wasn't going to be happy and light read (even in chapter 1 so much happened). It dealt with war, and how unfair and stupid it is. But it also dealt with so much m......more

Goodreads review by Emily on July 07, 2022

A beautiful and touching story. Not overly complicated or grim but simple and clean and easy to follow but also easy to care about the characters.......more

Quotes

The music, folk inspired, brings depth and resonance, hooking the narrative into a wider perspective, of generations unnamed who have fought and died The Telegraph

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